The city will be negatively affected if they do not diversify their product offering which is reflected in the reduction in gambling revenues and the increased emphasis by major casinos on entertainment (nightclubs and bars) as well as restaurants/shopping.Sukhbir

As Dawn mentioned, there is a good reason why properties are for sale for those prices, there are 23 available on the mls in  Akron and Canton right now if you would like to pick up a few, just be ready for an adventure

@Elizabeth Colegrove we've has so much fun with it and definitely recommend Airbnb to other adventurous landlords! 

Keep us posted on your real estate adventures.

I have about 20k in the bank and am willing to gamble it on a big return.  

I also checked Malaga, and unless anyone can convince me otherwise, I absolutely ruled it out, prices are lower, but not that much, rents, on the other hand rents (which is my idea, as I can´t afford to invest by just keeping properties for long without renting)  are quite low, and I know you don't always find a tenant as there is a huge surplus of houses (for the same price of house, even though that would mean a bigger one, you might be able to get 600-700 euros rent, I would say), I can be wrong, but I am not off by much definitely.About taxes and so, well, I have no clue, I foresee that being an entire new adventure, but first things first...

I would love to find something in the Denver area to get my house hacking adventures started but know the Denver market is tough right now.

P.S -  more time on BP and less time on HGTV - good luck  - looking forward to reading about your further adventures in real estate

It will all help you start to become comfortable with estimating your own costs.Best of luck in your flipping adventures! 

I have decided when I begun my adventure that I want to focus on buying and holding multifamily properties.I've been looking at the possibilities in Ireland and so far they don't look great.